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Conservation  of  the  Past 

The  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  Con¬ 
stituting  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  U.  S.  A. 


Philadelphia,  Wednesday,  June  7,  1837. 

Resolved:  1.  That  the  General  Assembly  will 
superintend  and  conduct  by  its  own  proper  authority, 
the  Avork  of  Foreign  Missions  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  by  a  Board  appointed  for  that  purpose  and 
directly  amenable  to  said  Assembly. 

2.  The  General  Assembly  shall,  at  its  present 
meeting  choose  forty  ministers  and  forty  laymen  as 
members  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  .  .  .  and 
these  forty  ministers  and  forty  la3mien  so  appointed 
shall  constitute  a  Board  to  be  styled: 

^^The  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of  the  Presbyterian 
Chureh  in  the  United  States  of  Ameriea” 


The  Board  so  ordered  by  the  General  Assembly  was  organ¬ 
ized  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Baltimore,  October  31, 
1837,  and  at  that  time 
took  over  from  the  West¬ 
ern  Foreign  Missionary 
Society  the  following 
mission  work  and  mis¬ 
sionaries  : 

Northern  India  — 

Four  stations  with  23 
missionaries. 

Smyrna  —  Not  at 
that  time  occupied  as  a 
Mission  Station.  Under 

.  ,  ,  .  23  CENTER  STREET 

appointment  two  men.  Headquarters  of  the  Board,  1847-1888 

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China — Two  men,  one  woman.  A  station  at  Singapore  was  re¬ 
ported  to  the  Assembly  in  1839. 

Western  Africa,  Liberia — One  colored  licentiate. 

Among  North  American  Indians — Six  men,  five  women. 

Total  Force  in  1837 — thirty-eight  men  and  women. 

Total  Force  in  1923 — 1543  men  and  women. 

Total  Years  of  Service  rendered  by  all  onr  Foreign  Missionaries 
in  the  86  years  of  the  Board’s  history — 39,120. 

Presbyterian  Women 

Among  the  Presbyterian  Women  in  the  year  1870  three  For¬ 
eign  Missionary  Societies  were  organized:  ‘‘The  Woman’s  For¬ 
eign  Missionary  Society”  in  Philadelphia;  “The  Woman’s  Board 
of  Missions  of  the  Northwest”  in  Chicago,  and  the  “Woman’s 
Board  of  Foreign  Missions”  in  New  York. 

Through  159  auxiliaries,  $7,327  was  given  by  Presbyterian 
women  to  the  cause  of  Foreign  Missions  during  the  first  year, 
with  29  missionaries  in  the  field,  apart  from  those  supported  by 
the  Assembly’s  Board. 

In  1871  there  was  organized  in  Albany  a  Woman’s  Board 
which  afterward  took  the  name  of  “The  Woman’s  Presby¬ 
terian  Foreign  Mis¬ 
sionary  Society  of 
Northern  New  York,  ’  ’ 
merging  with  the 
“Woman’s  Board  of 
Foreign  Missions”  of 
New  York  in  1908.  In 
1873  the  California 
Branch  was  formed 
which  was  anxiliarv 

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to  the  Philadelphia 

53  FIFTH  AVENUE  ,  .  . 

Headquarters  of  the  Board,  1888-1895  Socicty  lllltll  ill  1882 

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it  became  ‘‘The  Occidental  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church.  ’  ’ 

In  1877  was  organized  “The  Woman’s  Board  of  Missions 
.  of  the  Southwest”  in  St.  Louis  and  in  1887  “The  Woman’s 
North  Pacific  Presbyterian  Board”  in  Portland,  Oregon. 

These  seven  Boards  or  societies  were  auxiliary  to  the  Assem¬ 
bly’s  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  and  divided  among  them  the 
territory  in  this  country  occupied  by  the  Presbyterian  Church 
in  the  U.  S.  A. 

The  auxiliary  or  local  missionary  society  was  and  still  is  the 
unit.  It  is  in  the  auxiliary  that  the  influence  and  zeal  of  every 
woman  count.  Well-informed,  consecrated  auxiliaries  make 
strong  Presbyterial  Societies  which  in  turn  constitute  the  Synod¬ 
ical  Societies. 

The  six  Woman’s  Boards  or  Societies,  Northern  New  York 
having  been  merged  with  the  New 
York  Board,  celebrated  their  Jubilee 
•  together  in  1920,  three  of  them  hav¬ 
ing  reached  their  fiftieth  year,  and 
united  in  one  National  Board, 

There  are  at  present,  after  53 
years’  continuance  of  the  Woman’s 
Boards,  953  women  missionaries 
laboring  in  fifteen  different  lands. 

And  so  it  lias  come  a])ont 
that  through  the  prayer  and 
faith  of  an  earlier  dav  him- 

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dreds  of  devoted  women  have 
gone  out  into  unknown  lands 
and  have  given  themselves  in 
service  to  the  women  of  the 
world. 

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156  FIFTH  AVENUE 
Headquarters  of  the  Board 
Since  1895 


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Consolidation  of  the  Forces 

The  Committee  on  Reorgan^ 
ization  and  Consolidation  of 
the  Boards  and  Agencies  in  its 
Report  to  the  General  Assembly 
of  1922  recommended  the 
Constitution  of  the  Board  of 
Foreign  Missions  as  follows: 


Rev.  George  Alexander,  D.  D. 
President 


{a)  THAT  the  Board  of 
Foreign  Missions  of  the  Presby¬ 
terian  Church  in  the  United 
States  of  America  shall  continue 
to  direct  the  foreign  work  of  the 
Church,  and  that  with  it  shall  be 
consolidated  the  Woman’s  Board 
of  Foreign  Missions  of  the  Pres¬ 
byterian  Church  in  the  United 
States  of  America,  and  to  it  be 
entrusted  the  work  now  carried  on  by  the  Special  Committee  on 
Work  in  Europe,  under  the  conditions  hereinafter  stated. 

(5)  THAT  the  number  of  members  (trustees)  of  the  Board 
shall  be  increased  to  forty^  in  accordance  with  the  powers  given 
to  the  Board  by  the  amendment  to  its  charter  of  date  March 
15,  1900. 

(c)  THAT  when  the  General  Assembly  shall  have  decided 
to  effect  this  consolidation,  the  present  members  of  the  Board 
of  Foreign  Missions  shall  offer  their  resignations,  to  be  accepted 
in  such  manner  and  at  such  time  as  the  General  Assembly  may 
direct,  provided,  however,  that  the  members  of  the  Board,  as  at 
present  constituted  shall  continue  to  hold  office  until  their  suc¬ 
cessors  have  been  chosen. 


The  First  Meeting  of  the  Reconstituted  Board  of  Foreign 

Missions  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  U.  S.  A. 

was  held  on  Monday,  April  2nd,  1923,  at  156  Fifth  Avenue,  New 
York  City,  at  3  P.  M.  In  the  absence  of  Rev.  John  Timothy 

*The  original  number  of  eighty  Board  members  in  1837  was  later  reduced  to  twenty-three. 

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Stone,  D.D.,  Chairman  of  the  Assembly  \s  Committee  on  Reor¬ 
ganization,  Rev.  Alexander  MacColl,  D.D.,  Chairman  of  the 
Foreign  Missions  Sub-Committee,  presided. 

Dr.  MacColl  stated  that  the  Reorganization  Committee  had 
approved  the  nominations  for  membership  which  had  been  made 
by  the  three  groups  constituting  the  new  board,  namely.  The 
Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  the  Woman’s  Board  of  Foreign 
Missions  and  the  Special  Committee  on  Work  in  Europe,  and 
that  their  election  until  May,  1924,  would  be  recommended  to 
the  General  Assembly. 

Board  Membership 

The  Board  according  to  the  action  of  the  General  Assembly 
of  1922,  shall  consist  of  forty  members,  of  whom  twenty-five 
shall  be  men  and  fifteen  shall  be  women,  to  be  divided  into  three 
classes,  so  that  one-third  of  the  membership  shall  be  nominated 
to  the  Assembly  for  election  each  year. 


*  Board  Administration 

The  administrative  work  of  the  Board  will  be  divided  into 


five  departments — 

1.  A  Foreign  Department 

2.  A  Home  Base  Department 

3.  A  Candidate  Department 

The  Foreign  Department  will 
have  charge  of  all  official  cor¬ 
respondence  with  the  Missions 
and  missionaries  on  the  foreign 
field.  The  work  of  this  depart¬ 
ment  will  be  cared  for  bv  both 

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men  and  women  secretaries  and 
it  is  probable  that  the  Missions 
will  be  grouped  as  follows: 

(a)  India,  Persia,  Syria,  Europe. 

(b)  Latin  America  and  Africa. 

(c)  China. 

(d)  Japan,  Korea,  the  Philip¬ 
pines  and  Siam. 


4.  A  Medical  Department 

5.  A  Treasury  Department 


Miss  Margaret  E.  Hodge 
Vice-President 


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The  Board  plans  to  secure  an 
Educational  Secretary  who  will 
be  charged  with  the  responsi¬ 
bility  of  studying  the  educa¬ 
tional  situation  on  the  foreign 
field,  and  making  recommenda¬ 
tions  as  to  development  of  edu¬ 
cational  missions. 

The  Home  Base  Department, 
charged  with  the  task  of  culti¬ 
vating  the  home  constituency  in 
the  interest  of  Foreign  Missions, 
will  be  under  the  supervision 
and  direction  of  two  Secretaries, 
one  man  and  one  woman. 

The  field  will  be  divided,  as 
soon  as  practicable,  into  eight 
districts,  the  location,  bounds  and  names  of  these  Districts  yet 
to  be  determined.  The  work  in  these  districts  will  be  under  the 
direction  of  District  Secretaries,  both  men  and  women. 

The  varied  activities  of  the  Home  Base  Department  at  Board 
headquarters  will  be  cared  for  through  a  Field  Department,  a 
Department  for  Specific  Work,  a  Publicity  Department  and  a 
Young  People’s  Department.  There  will  also  be  a  Secretary  for 
Missionary  Education. 

Candidate  Department 

There  will  be  two  Secretaries  of  this  Department,  a  man  and 
a  woman,  and  such  field  representatives  as  may  be  necessary,  men 
and  women,  and  whenever  possible,  missionaries  at  home  on 
furlough. 

Medical  Department 

The  Secretary  in  charge  of  this  Department  will  be  a  physi¬ 
cian,  preferably  taken  from  the  missionary  force.  The  scope  and 
function  of  this  Department  will  be  to  correspond  with  mission¬ 
aries  on  furlough  on  health  questions,  to  correspond  with  all 
medical  missionaries  on  medical  matters  and  to  advise  with  the 
Candidate  Department  on  special  health  questions  related  to 
candidates  for  appointment. 

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James  M.  Speers 
Vice-President 


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Treasury  Department 

There  will  be  a  Treasurer  of  the  Board  and  two  Associate 
Treasurers,  one  of  whom  will  be  a  woman. 

Councils 

The  work  of  the  various  Departments  of  the  Board  will  be 
conducted  and  supervised  under  departmental  councils. 

Members  of  the  New  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 

Nominated  by  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 


Ministers 


Kev.  Eben  B.  Cobb,  D.D. 

Rev.  Charles  C.  Albertson,  D.D. 

Rev.  Robert  Gardner  McGregor,  D.D. 
Rev.  Charles  Grenville  Sew  all 
Rev.  George  Alexander,  D.D. 

Rev.  John  F.  Patterson,  D.D. 

Rev.  J.  Ross  Stevenson,  D.D. 


Rev.  J.  C.  R.  Ewing,  D.D. 

Rev.  William  H.  Hudnut,  D.D. 


Rev.  Cleland  B.  McAfee,  D.D. 
Rev.  Charles  R.  Erdman,  D.D. 
Rev.  William  Y.  Chapman,  D.D. 
Rev.  John  Kelman,  D.D. 


Laymen 


William  E.  Stiger 
Alfred  E.  Marling 
Edwin  M.  Bulkley 
John  T.  Underwood 
James  M.  Speers 


William  L.  Amerman 


W.  P.  Stevenson 


John  L.  Severance 


Ralph  W.  Harbison 


Nominated  by  the  Woman’s  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 


Miss  Alice  M.  Davison 
Mrs.  John  H.  Finley 
Mrs.  D.  j.  Fleming 
Mrs.  Henry  V.  K.  Gillmore 
Mrs.  Caleb  S.  Green 
Miss  Margaret  E.  Hodge 
Mrs.  John  Harvey  Lee 
Miss  Belle  W.  Lobenstine 


Miss  Jean  Mackenzie 
Mrs.  John  R.  McCurdy 
Mrs.  Timothy  N.  Pfeiffer 
Miss  Marianne  Rea 
Mrs.  Augustus  B.  Wadsworth 
Mrs.  William  E.  Waters 
Mrs.  James  A.  Webb,  Jr. 


Nominated  by  the  Committee  on  Work  in  Europe 


Rev.  William  P.  Merrill,  D.D. 
President  Cheeseman  A.  Herrick,  LL.D. 
Rev.  Tertius  van  Dyke 


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Presbyterian  Women  and  Foreign  Missions 

One  of  the  resolutions  passed  at  a  meeting  of  the  Assembly’s 
Committee  on  Reorganization  held  on  January  16th,  1923, 
stresses  the  work  of  women ’s  missionary  organizations  and  reads 
as  follows : 

‘^The  Committee  desires  to  recognize  with  special  grati¬ 
tude  the  spirit  of  cooperation  and  indeed  of  sacrifice  with 
which  the  women  have  entered  into  the  consolidation  plans 
and  to  emphasize  again  the  importance  of  conserving  in  every 
way  the  invaluable  and  specific  work  of  the  Woman’s  Mis¬ 
sionary  Societies  in  the  local  churches  and  in  Synods  and 
Presbyteries.  All  women  of  the  churches  are  urged  to  recog¬ 
nize  the  importance  of  supporting  these  Societies  in  addition 
to  their  contributions  to  the  general  work;  and  it  should  be 
clearly  understood  that  under  the  new  plan  the  selection  of 
objects  towards  which  these  Societies  will  contribute  will 
be  under  their  own  direction  as  hitherto.” 

Foreign  Missions  After  86  Years 

‘‘The  lapse  of  86  years  has  wrought  no  change  in  the  mis¬ 
sionary  motive  or  missionary  purpose.  The  impelling  force  is 
still  the  constraining  Jove  of  Christ  and  the  conversion  of  the 
world  to  God  is  still  the  ultimate  aim.  Methods  change  because 
the  world  has  been  marvelously  changing  and  greater  changes 
seem  imminent. 

‘  ‘  The  founders  of  the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 
were  men  of  great  faith,  but  if  they  could  have  had  the  vision  of 
what  we  are  permitted  to  see  they  would  have  been  as  men 
that  dreamed. 

“THE  DAY  OF  SMALL  THINGS  HAS  BEEN  SUC¬ 
CEEDED  BY  A  DAY  OF  GREAT  THINGS  IN  MISSIONARY 
SERVICE,  BUT  TO  AN  AWAKENED  CHURCH  TO-MOR¬ 
ROW  PROMISES  THINGS  FAR  GREATER.” 


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President  of  the  Board. 


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Construction  of  an. 

Enlarged  Program  Abroad 

The  Program  on  the  foreign  field  is  very  simple.  Its  aim 
is  to  make  Jesus  Christ  known  to  all  the  people  for  whose 
evangelization  the  Presbyterian 
Church  is  responsible. 

Its  Methods  are  direct  preach¬ 
ing;  training  of  evangelists; 
schools  for  Christians  to  prepare 
them  for  service  and  for  non- 
Christians  to  win  them  to  Christ  and  to  qualify  them  for  life ; 
hospitals  to  help  the  needy  and  to  reveal  the  love  of  God ;  litera¬ 
ture  and  presses  for  its  publication  where  necessary  to  diffuse 
truth  and  light. 

Its  spirit  is  the  spirit  of  sympathy  with  men  and  of  loyalty 
to  Christ  and  of  undying  patience  and  hope. 

The  Goal  of  foreign  mission  work  is  the  establishment 
of  a  living  and  efficient  native  Church  in  each  field  which  will 


beyond  until  the  witness  and  service  of  the  Church  is  complete. 

This  Program  in  its  immediate  necessities  calls  for  hundreds 
of  men  and  women,  evangelists,  teachers,  doctors,  nurses  and 
other  workers  for  Asia,  Africa  and  Latin  America  and  five 
million  dollars  annually  for  their  support,  and  for  the  provision 
of  homes,  schools,  hospitals  and  churches. 

This  Program  is  as  great  as  all  the  needs  of  human  society. 

It  is  as  simple  as  the  command  of  Christ:  “Go  and  Tell.” 

It  is  the  only  program  of  hope  for  the  world. 

‘  ‘  In  Christ  is  Life,  provided  for  all  mankind  and  me.  ’  ^  And 
not  elsewhere. 


There  are  under  instruction 
for  church  membership  96,538 
catechumens.  The  4,816 
Sunday  Schools  have  an  en¬ 
rollment  of  345,727. 


take  over  as  soon  as  possible  the 
whole  task  of  the  Christian 
Church  in  the  nation  with  such 
help  as  it  may  still  need  from 
us,  or  with  no  help,  so  that  we 
can  be  free  to  pass  on  to  regions 


The  Presbyterian  Church  abroad 
in  its  26  missions,  includes  1,214 
organized  churches,  4,412  groups, 
1,281  self-supporting  churches  and 
206,043  communicant  members. 


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Construction  of  an 
Enlarged  Program  at  Home 

The  new  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  considers  it  to  be  one 
of  its  greatest  objectives  and  opportunities  to  present  the  facts 
regarding  the  world-wide  service  of  the  Church  to  Presbyterians, 
to  the  end  that  they  shall  be  led  to  make  Foreign  Missions  the 
supreme  aim  in  their  lives,  and  to  support  the  work  adequately. 

Denominational  loyalty  to  the  work  of  the  Church  is  impera¬ 
tively  needed.  No  organization  for  meeting  the  needs  of  the 
world  has  a  more  carefully  prepared  plan  than  the  Presbyterian 
Church  or  more  consecrated  missionaries  who  are  faithful  to 
Christ  and  His  Word. 

The  Board  and  the  Churches 

The  Home  Base  Department  of  the  Foreign  Board  co¬ 
operates  with  the  churches  in  helping  to  create  and  increase 
missionary  interest.  All  possible  assistance  is  gladly  rendered, 
either  personally  or  through  correspondence.  District  Secre¬ 
taries  are  responsible  for  Home  Base  cooperation  in  their 
districts.  In  the  following  ways  the  Board  is  continually  helping 
the  churches  to  accomplish  their  missionary  task. 

Missions  Through  Personality 

There  is  no  more  effective  way  of  presenting  truths  and  facts 
about  the  missionary  work  of  the  Church  than  by  the  spoken 
message. 

1.  Missionary  sermons,  addresses  and  lectures  by  the  pastor. 
Information  is  abundant  and  at  hand,  as  suggested  in  MISSIONS 
IN  PRINT  below.  The  speaker  must  humanize  and  vitalize  it. 

2.  Addresses  and  lectures  by  furloughed  and  retired  mis¬ 
sionaries,  travelers.  Board  members  and  officers,  District,  Synodi¬ 
cal  and  Presbyterial  representatives. 

Missions  in  Print 

Missionary  literature  is  abundant  and  accessible.  The 
Annual  Report  of  the  Foreign  Board,  with  topical  index;  ‘‘All 
the  World,”  issued  quarterly  by  the  Board;  “Woman’s  Work,” 
monthly;  “The  Presbyterian  Magazine,”  monthly;  pamphlets 

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and  leaflets  issued  by  the  Board;  letters  from  missionaries;  re¬ 
ligions  newspapers ;  missionary  magazines ;  current  world  news 
in  papers  and  magazines;  books; — a  wealth  of  information. 

Missions  Through  Study 

Every  church  should  have  an  educational  program  adapted 
to  its  needs,  including  the  study  of  missions.  Sermons,  lectures 
and  addresses  are  invaluable,  but  ‘Tt  is  not  what  we  give,  but 
what  they  get  that  counts.”  In  the  Sunday  school,  the  mid¬ 
week  service,  ‘‘Church  Night,”  missionary  societies,  brother¬ 
hoods,  young  people’s  societies  and  at  special  times  the  study  of 
missions  can  be  introduced.  Up-to-date  study  books  and  sug¬ 
gestions  for  study  class  leaders  are  always  available.  Successful 
methods  for  conducting  mission  study  classes  and  the  “Church 
School  of  Missions”  have  been  used  in  all  types  of  churches. 
‘  ‘  It  will  not  work  in  Our  church  ’  ’  is  not  in  the  latest  missionary 
phrase  book.  Beading,  thinking  and  class  discussion  will  make 
any  church  a  missionary  church.  Going  and  giving  follow 
naturally. 

Missions  Visualized 

Stereopticon  Lectures  of  all  the  missions  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  can  be  secured  from  the  Foreign  Board  and  all  its 
District  offices. 

Posters  and  Charts,  preferably  made  by  members  of  the  local 
church,  because  of  activity  value,  for  use  on  bulletin  board  in 
vestibule,  announcing  missionary  meetings,  speakers.  School  of 
Missions,  etc. 

Missionary  Pageants  and  Dramas,  suggestions  and  words  for 
which  can  be  secured  from  the  Foreign  Board  and  its  District 
offices. 

Missionary  Expositions,  which  have  been  arranged  in  several 
cities  by  the  Exposition  Department  of  the  New  Era  Movement. 


WE  ARE  RESPONSIBLE  FOR  THE  NEEDS  OF  MORE  THAN  ONE 
HUNDRED  MILLION  PEOPLE  IN  OUR  PRESBYTERIAN  FOREIGN 

MISSION  FIELDS 

WE  MUST  ALSO  AID  THE  CHURCHES  IN  WAR  TORN  EUROPE 


OUR  RESOURCES: 


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THE  POWER  OF  GOD 

THE  LOYALTY  OF  THE  CHURCH 


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Missions  and  Money 

Official  requests  from  the  Missions  for  property  of  first  im¬ 
portance  for  1923-24,  omitting  higher  educational  institutions 
and  other  urgent  needs,  total  $1,900,554.69.  The  Board  in  the 
Budget  this  year  can  ask  for  just  about  one-third  of  this  amount 
for  property,  including  the  needs  of  higher  educational  insti¬ 
tutions.  A  large  number  of  residences  for  missionaries  is  re¬ 
quired,  yet  in  the  Budget  we  can  ask  for  only  a  fraction  of  them. 

According  to  a  recent  statement  of  the  United  Stewardship 
Council,  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  U.  S.  A.  ranks  fifteenth 
among  all  the  churches  of  the  United  States  and  Canada  in 
denominational  loyalty  as  judged  by  the  per  capita  support  of 
its  own  benevolences.  Last  year  the  contributions  through  all 
Boards  and  agencies  of  our  Church  were  only  $5.46  per  member. 

Receipts  from  native  sources  in  our  Foreign  Mission  fields 
last  year  were  $2,050,513,  which  is  56  cents  for  every  dollar  that 
living  donors  in  our  churches  in  the  United  States  gave  for  the 
support  and  work  of  our  foreign  missionaries. 

Budget  contributions  to  Foreign  Missions  can  be  designated 
for  the  support  of  a  particular  missionary,  or  the  support  of  a 
mission  station  in  whole  or  in  part,  if  the  donors  so  desire. 

The  cost  of  administration  and  Home  Base  Department  work 
of  the  Foreign  Board  last  year  was  8  per  cent,  of  the  receipts. 
The  Board ’s  share  in  the  expenses  of  the  New  Era  Movement  cost 
an  additional  2.5  per  cent,  of  the  receipts. 

Missions  and  Prayer 

The  Year  Book  of  Prayer  for  Missions  is  an  aid  in  helping 
the  Church  to  pray  for  its  representatives  in  public,  in  private 
and  at  the  family  altar.  It  gives  for  each  day  the  names,  loca¬ 
tion  and  duties  of  certain  missionaries,  so  that  during  the  year 
all  of  them  can  be  remembered  personally  in  prayer. 

The  Needs  of  the  World  and  the  Life  of  the 
Church  Require  Sacrificial  Giving  of 
Money,  Prayer  and  Life 


f  Papre  Twelve  1 


The  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of  the 

Presbyterian  Church  in  the  U.  S.  A. 
156  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City 


1923 


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